Until 2018, when he arrived at Independiente del Valle, little or nothing was known about the Spaniard Ismael Rescalvo as a coach, who arrived from Colombia.

The good results he achieved with those from Sangolquí led in 2019 Nassib Neme, the then president of Emelec, to look at the European and hire him, a situation that caused discomfort in the striped box.

Rescalvo was a millionaire coach from that time until 2022 and barely settled for second place in 2021. He had a contract until December of this season, but José Pileggi, the current Blue president, reached an agreement to terminate the contract.

In January, he arrived in Bolivia’s The Strongest, which was undefeated in the tournament there, and a few months ago he was hired by Mazatlán from the Mexican league.

“With success in South American football, the strategist born in Valencia, Spain, hopes to give peace to the project in the history of the Cañoneros, who have suffered because of results and therefore the carousel of coaches during the past tournaments,” he said. in the note of the Medio Tiempo portal.

“Since 2016, he has been directing outside his country. He started in Colombia with Envigado and Independiente de Medellín, he went to Ecuador with Emelec and Independiente del Valle, in Bolivia he managed The Strongest, and now he is coming to take his first steps in Mexico,” the text adds.

In it, it was pointed out that because of the injury, Rescalvo soon had to withdraw from the activity and devote himself to technical guidance.

“As a player he could do little, because he took an early retirement due to a knee injury and that’s why he managed football teams from 2012, starting in Spain with teams from the fourth and fifth leagues. He will be the second Spaniard to command the Cañoneros, because Beñat San José was there before, who also didn’t last long on the purple bench,” he specified.

“And it is true that during his time in Ecuadorian football, and before coming to Bolivia, Rescalvo was targeted by Mexican football teams, and everything remained just informal talks, and nothing could be concluded”, the portal concluded. (D)